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Washington news with a Texas accentFri, 13 Feb 2015 22:20:13 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.3Roger Clemens: From overpowering Houston pitcher to D.C. criminal defendanthttp://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/07/roger-clemens-from-overpowering-houston-pitcher-to-d-c-criminal-defendant/
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/07/roger-clemens-from-overpowering-houston-pitcher-to-d-c-criminal-defendant/#commentsTue, 05 Jul 2011 20:03:01 +0000http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/?p=14689The trial of the United States vs. William R. Clemens, scheduled to begin Wednesday and last four to six weeks, will bring a parade of celebrity athletes and plenty of sordid details to the staid Washington federal courthouse. It will feature testimony about illicit drugs, bloody evidence of injections, an abscess on Clemens' backside allegedly caused by steroid use and allegations that his accuser is a serial liar and a rapist.]]>http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/07/roger-clemens-from-overpowering-houston-pitcher-to-d-c-criminal-defendant/feed/0TexMessage: President Obama seeks to stop Texas execution of Mexican nationalhttp://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/07/texmessage-president-obama-seeks-to-stop-texas-execution-of-mexican-national/
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/07/texmessage-president-obama-seeks-to-stop-texas-execution-of-mexican-national/#commentsTue, 05 Jul 2011 08:58:48 +0000http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/?p=14676Today on TexMessage: President Obama tries to stop the state of Texas from executing a Mexican national in a case that has drawn international condemnation of Gov. Rick Perry and the Lone Star State. Roger Clemens tries to stop prosecutors from convicting him of lying to Congress in a case that has damaged his legacy and threatens to send him to federal prison. Those stories and much more on TexMessage.]]>http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/07/texmessage-president-obama-seeks-to-stop-texas-execution-of-mexican-national/feed/0